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I was diagnosed last August 2017 when I got called back for another mammogram. Wasn’t unduly concerned and I had no lump that I could feel and thought it was probably just routine. DH went with me and we spent the best part of the morning at the Luton/Dunstable Breast Clinic. I cannot thank or praise these nurses and doctors there enough. The doctor kept ordering more mammograms as she could see a lump from one angle and then not at another!! Finally said there was a lump and had biopsies on lump...
There will be no surgery. The sniper does not have clear shot, or rather there are too many shots to be taken.
“Do not go gentle into that good night”
The Monster is embedded well into its lair. It has dug more trenches. Nine. Ten. More.
To take a shot would prove fruitless. Dangerous.
But the battle is not over. There is still a war to be fought.
“Rage, rage against the dying of the light”
Chemical warfare once again will be waged. A small device will be inserted so that...
So it’s janu 24 2018 around 11:20pm. I’m laying in the hospital bed at Rush hospital in Chicago. I had a busy day and thought this would be a great way to write everything down.
I arrived around 9am and got brought to my very nice large room. My bed is super comfortable and there is a open couch in here for visitors who wanna spend the night, a lovely lounging chair that is near the window that looks out to the whole entire down town. It’s absolutely beautiful! I wasn’t expecting this and...
Just need a bit of reassurance. Quick background:
1. Age 48 female
2. Just tested positive for first time ever for high risk hpv
3. Colpo came back CIN2/3. Will be having LEEP procedure next week
4. I've never smoked, only drink socially occasionally and have not taken birth control since my late 20s
5. Have never missed a pap and have been test for HPV for 9 years. Again, this is my first positive.
6. Onlyhave ever had one sexual partner. Recently found out he was...
My visitor is a stage 3, diffuse b cell lymphoma. The first we noticed it had come to visit was after an exray in August.
From there I had a contrasting CAT scan on September 1st. This showed a small mass in the middle of my chest. My lungs are perfect thank goodness. It recommend I have a PET scan, an ebus and to see someone in respiratory.
I had my PET scan on September 20th.
The staff at Clatterbridge scanning department, where friendly and talked me through each step of the...
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